Thursday, January 8th, 2026 - ICE kills Renee Good; US seized oil tanker; Greenland asks for NATO talks & DeSantis’ special gerrymander session

Morning Announcements

Betches

Daily News, News, News Commentary, Politics

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today’s Headlines: Officials identified Renee Nicole Good — a U.S. citizen — as the woman shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis after he fired three rounds into her car at close range. Video shows Good waving agents around her stopped vehicle before they approached on foot. Despite the footage, Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem labeled her a “domestic terrorist,” a claim Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called “bullshit” while telling ICE to leave the city. Meanwhile, the administration says the U.S. will take over selling Venezuela’s blockaded oil “indefinitely,” with proceeds routed through offshore accounts overseen by Trump — though Energy Secretary Chris Wright insists the money will eventually benefit Venezuelans. Trump also bragged that the U.S. seized a massive Russian-flagged oil tanker and, when asked what happens to the oil, replied: “We keep it, I guess.” On Greenland, leaders in Greenland and Denmark are rejecting any U.S. move to acquire the territory and have requested emergency NATO talks — warning it could destabilize the alliance. European partners are now prepping contingency defense plans of their own. In other news, Trump floated banning large investors from buying single-family homes (details TBD… allegedly coming “in two weeks”), while also publicly pressuring defense contractors to cap executive pay and ramp up production — singling out Raytheon as not sufficiently obedient. And in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling a special session to gerrymander. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Axios: Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis identified as Renee Nicole Good WSJ: U.S. to Control Venezuelan Oil Sales Indefinitely AP News: Trump says US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela The Guardian: Marco Rubio says he will meet Danish officials to discuss Greenland next week Kyivpost: Germany Could Join Multinational Force From Outside Ukraine, Merz Says CNBC: Trump says U.S. to ban large investors from buying homes Axios: Trump threatens to nix Raytheon's defense contracts AP News: Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districts Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today is Thursday, January 8th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by
0:05.8	Betches Media. I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute
0:10.4	breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying
0:14.7	glass for the most important news.
0:20.4	37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed yesterday in Minneapolis by an ice officer
0:25.6	who fired three bullets at an extremely close range, as was seen on widely circulated video footage.
0:32.3	Good, who is a U.S. citizen, was in the driver's seat of her car, which was stopped on a
0:36.6	sideways angle in the
0:37.7	middle of a road.
0:39.0	She waved for ICE vehicles to pass by, but four men approached her on foot, with one
0:43.1	trying to open her car door.
0:45.0	She reversed and appeared to be maneuvering her car to drive away, when one of the agents
0:48.9	shot through her open window.
0:50.9	It was also clear on video that ICE officers would not allow doctors or medics to
0:54.6	try to administer first aid, and that the agent who shot her walked away calmly with his face
0:59.3	mask still up. Again, despite all of this being caught on video, Donald Trump and Homeland Security
1:05.4	Secretary Kristy Noem referred to Good as, quote, a domestic terrorist and accused her of trying to use her car as a weapon against an ICE officer who was fearing for his life.
1:16.2	I mean, you can watch the video for yourself and see.
1:20.0	Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry openly called Trump and Nome's account, quote, bullshit, and told ICE to get the fuck out of the city.
1:28.8	Literally in those words.
1:35.5	Speaking of invasions, the Trump administration announced yesterday that the U.S. will take over selling blockaded Venezuelan oil indefinitely, with Trump saying that the proceeds from
1:40.4	those sales will go into offshore accounts overseen by him. But according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, that money will eventually flow back to, quote,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Betches, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Betches and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.